Puck Headlines: Marty Turco, Motown mystery man

Here are yourAfternoon Puck Headlines:A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media.

• We don't know about you, but the fact that Versus will not be showing Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals in HD is a damned humiliation for hockey. [Kukla]

• Marty Turco might be a legit contender for the Conn Smythe and has been one of the best goalies in the postseason. And yet some expect he's going to be "teh suck," as the kids say, at the Joe. "Detroit has Marty Turco's number. Marty might just suffer heat stroke as the Wings light the lamp." [Fat Guy's Corner]

• You know, it's comments like the one above that really get Turco angry; even on NHL conference calls, when someone wants to talk about his 0-7-2 record in Detroit. "You know, there's not anything that has (been) done in the past, positive or negative, that really affects you going into the playoffs that eventually really matters at the end of time." [Freep]

• Why hyping Sidney Crosby will not make hockey more popular. And before you get bent out of shape about his, know that the author makes some very rationale arguments about why marketing individual players isn't good for the NHL. It's a decent rate, by "Slate writing about hockey" standards. [Slate]

• The Stanley Cup visits the set of "House, M.D.," where it contracts a mysterious fatal disease only to be cured less than an hour later by a dour British doctor speaking with an American accent. [NHL.com]

• Pens fans will continue to be able to watch their heroes on a giant television screen outside of the arena. Alcohol is prohibited. Geez, wonder if a sports fan in Pittsburgh can noodle through how to sneak booze into a sporting event ... [Penguins]